by Kelly Brady | May 24, 2023 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is warning the public of a telephone scam where a caller identifying as a Sheriff’s Office employee tells victims they must pay for missing court or risk going to jail. The scammer tells victims that they missed a...
by Mike Pierga | Feb 28, 2020 | Press Release
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office would like to warn the public of a phone scam in which the caller identifies himself as “Sgt. Dennis Peterson” or “Lt. Jonathan Moore” and claims to be an employee the Sheriff’s Office. The calls have originated from multiple different...
by Mike Pierga | Apr 20, 2016 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is warning of a phone scam in which a caller claims to be a member of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. In this scam, the unknown offenders use a spoofing application to make it appear on Caller ID that the phone call is coming from...
